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Math Club

The Miller Kids University Math Club is a free online math club. We include recommendations for math books, websites and activities. We share math facts. Everyone is already a member of our math club. We encourage you to learn about math by using the information on our website and to read books, visit educational websites, and do math activities.

 

Do you have an interesting math fact or activity that you would like to share? Email us at millerkidsuniversity@gmail.com and we will select what students send to post on our math facts and activities pages.

 

Why study math?

Math helps us to find patterns, solve problems, organize, create, analyze, measure, and determine amounts.

Math Recommendations

Books

Title: The Mission of Addition

Author: Brian Cleary

Year of publication: 2007

Ages: 5 to 7 years

Topic: Addition

 

Title: If You Were a Minus Sign

Author: Trisha Shaskin

Year of publication: 2008

Ages: 6 to 9 years

Topic: Subtraction

 

Title: Math Attack

Author: Joan Horton

Year of publication: 2009

Ages: 6 to 8 years

Topic: Multiplication

 

Title: The Best of Times

Author: Greg Tang

Year of publication: 2002

Ages: 8 to 11 years

Topic: Multiplication

 

Title: The Great Divide

Author: Dayle Ann Dodds

Year of publication: 2005

Ages: 6 to 9 years

Topic: Division

 

Title: Fraction Action

Author: Loreen Leedy

Year of publication: 1996

Ages: 5 to 8 years

Topic: Fractions

 

Title: Great Estimations

Author: Bruce Goldstone

Year of publication: 2010

Ages: 7 to 10 years

Topic: Estimating

 

Title: Shape Up

Author: David Adler

Year of publication: 2000

Ages: 7 to 11 years

Topic: Basic geometry

 

Title: How Much is a Million?

Author: David Schwartz

Year of publication: 2004

Ages: 5 to 8 years

Topic: Large numbers

 

Title: Family Reunion

Author: Bonnie Bader

Year of publication: 2003

Ages: 6 to 8 years

Topic: Graphs

 

 

Title: Max's Math

Author: Kate Banks

Year of publication: 2015

Ages: 5 to 8 years

Topic: Basic math concepts

 

Title: Inchworm and a Half

Author: Elinor Pinczes

Year of publication: 2001

Ages: 5 to 8 years

Topic: Fractions

 

Title: Pizza Counting

Author: Christina Dobson

Year of publication: 2002

Ages: 5 to 9 years

Topic: Fractions

Math Field Trips

Grocery store: practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, comparing prices, and rounding, and determine unit price to find the better buy

 

Bank: learn about money management and bank accounts

 

Kitchen: practice measurement of ingredients

 

Restaurant: add up a bill and calculate a tip

 

Minature golf: record scores, find the total score, and practice angles for putting a ball

 

Train/metro station: learn to read train time tables, maps of routes, and determine ticket prices 

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